Jail in Different Languages. Learn How to Say and Translate
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Jail in Different Languages: Please find below many ways to say jail in different languages. This page features translation of the word "jail" to over 100 other languages. We also invite you to listen to audio pronunciation in more than 40 languages, so you could learn how to pronounce jail and how to read it.
Saying Jail in European Languages
| All Languages | Ways to say jail | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | burgu | |
| Basque | kartzela | |
| Belarusian | турма [turma] | |
| Bosnian | zatvor | |
| Bulgarian | затвор [zatvor] | |
| Catalan | presó | |
| Corsican | prigiò | |
| Croatian | zatvor | |
| Czech | vězení | |
| Danish | fængsel | |
| Dutch | gevangenis | |
| Estonian | vanglas | |
| Finnish | vankilaan | |
| French | prison | |
| Frisian | finzenis | |
| Galician | cárcere | |
| German | Gefängnis | |
| Greek | φυλακή [fylakí] | |
| Hungarian | börtön | |
| Icelandic | Fangelsi | |
| Irish | bpríosún | |
| Italian | prigione | |
| Latvian | cietums | |
| Lithuanian | kalėjimas | |
| Luxembourgish | Prisong | |
| Macedonian | затвор [zatvor] | |
| Maltese | ħabs | |
| Norwegian | fengsel | |
| Polish | więzienie | |
| Portuguese | cadeia | |
| Romanian | temniță | |
| Russian | тюрьма [tyur'ma] | |
| Scots Gaelic | prìosan | |
| Serbian | затвор [zatvor] | |
| Slovak | väzenie | |
| Slovenian | zapor | |
| Spanish | celda | |
| Swedish | fängelse | |
| Tatar | төрмә | |
| Ukrainian | в'язниця [v'yaznytsya] | |
| Welsh | carchar | |
| Yiddish | טורמע [turme] |
Saying Jail in Asian Languages
| All Languages | Ways to say jail | |
|---|---|---|
| Armenian | բանտ [bant] | |
| Azerbaijani | həbsxana | |
| Bengali | জেল [jēla] | |
| Chinese Simplified | 监狱 [jiānyù] | |
| Chinese Traditional | 監獄 [jiānyù] | |
| Georgian | ციხე [tsikhe] | |
| Gujarati | જેલ [jēla] | |
| Hindi | जेल [jel] | |
| Hmong | raug kaw | |
| Japanese | 牢屋 | |
| Kannada | ಜೈಲು [jailu] | |
| Kazakh | түрме [türme] | |
| Khmer | គុក | |
| Korean | 교도소 [gyodoso] | |
| Kyrgyz | түрмө [türmö] | |
| Lao | ຄຸກ [khuk] | |
| Malayalam | ജയിൽ [jayil] | |
| Marathi | तुरुंग [turuṅga] | |
| Mongolian | шоронд [shoron] | |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | ထောင် [htaung] | |
| Nepali | जेल [jēla] | |
| Odia | ଜେଲ୍ | |
| Pashto | زندان | |
| Punjabi | ਜੇਲ੍ਹ [jēl'ha] | |
| Sindhi | جيل | |
| Sinhala | හිරගෙදර [hiragedara] | |
| Tajik | зиндон | |
| Tamil | சிறை [siṟai] | |
| Telugu | జైలు [dzhailu] | |
| Thai | คุก | |
| Turkish | hapishane | |
| Turkmen | türme | |
| Urdu | جیل | |
| Uyghur | تۈرمە | |
| Uzbek | qamoqxona | |
| Vietnamese | nhà giam | |
Saying Jail in Middle-Eastern Languages
| All Languages | Ways to say jail | |
|---|---|---|
| Arabic | سجن [sujin] | |
| Hebrew | כלא | |
| Kurdish (Kurmanji) | girtîgeh | |
| Persian | زندان | |
Saying Jail in African Languages
| All Languages | Ways to say jail | |
|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | tronk | |
| Amharic | እስር ቤት [isiri bēti] | |
| Chichewa | ndende | |
| Hausa | kurkuku | |
| Igbo | nga | |
| Kinyarwanda | gereza | |
| Sesotho | chankana | |
| Shona | jeri | |
| Somali | xabsiga | |
| Swahili | jela | |
| Xhosa | entolongweni | |
| Yoruba | ewon | |
| Zulu | ejele | |
Saying Jail in Austronesian Languages
| All Languages | Ways to say jail | |
|---|---|---|
| Cebuano | prisohan | |
| Filipino | kulungan | |
| Hawaiian | hale paahao | |
| Indonesian | penjara | |
| Javanese | kunjara | |
| Malagasy | am-ponja | |
| Malay | penjara | |
| Maori | whare herehere | |
| Samoan | falepuipui | |
| Sundanese | panjara | |
Saying Jail in Other Foreign Languages
| All Languages | Ways to say jail | |
|---|---|---|
| Esperanto | malliberejo | |
| Haitian Creole | prizon | |
| Latin | vincula | |
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"Jail in Different Languages." In Different Languages, https://www.indifferentlanguages.com/words/jail.
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